Broom



March 9 1926.

A. F. ELKINS BROOM FiIed August '7, 1924 m w A Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,575,745; PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR F. ELKINS, or HANGING noon, onIo, ASSIGNOR TO IDA MAY E KINs, or

. HANGING ROCK, onro.

. BROOM.

Application filed August 7, 1924. Serial- No. 780,649.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR F. ELKINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hanging Rock, in the county of Lawrence and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brooms and has for its object the provision of simple means whereby a broom will be firmly supportedand maintained in condition for use and may be easily reversed when one end has been worn so as to have lost its usefulness. The invention also has for its object the provision of means whereby the broom will be firmly held and will have sufiicient tension thereon to stand up in use. Incidental objects of the invention will appear in the course of the following description;

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevatiompartly broken away and in section, of a broom embodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a detail end elevation.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a broom head 1 which may be formed of straw or any other material generally employed in brooms. The straw or other broom material may be sewed in the usual manner, as indicated at 2, the stitching being provided between the center of the broom head and the ends thereof. Around the broom head at the center of the same I fit a metallic band 3 which should preferably compress the straw or other fiber somewhat, as indicated in Fig. 2, and upon one side of this band at the center thereof is a threaded stud 1-. One end of the broom is left free for use and the opposite end thereof is encircled by a tape or other retaining band 5, the ends of which may be tied or otherwise secured together so that the broom fibers will be held in compact form when not in use. I also employ a bridle or holder 6 which is flat sided and has its lower, end open, the upper end being closed by a cap plate 7 preferably formed integral with its sides and ends and provided centrally with an upstanding stud 8, a flat surface 9 being provided around the base of said stud. In the lower edge of one side plate of the holder 6 is a notch or openended slot 10 which is adapted to receive the threaded stud 4 so that the compressed broom head and the members holding the same in shape may be easily inserted within the holder. After the broom has been thus fitted within the holder 6, a milled nut 11 is fitted upon the stud i and turned home against the adjacent side of the holder so that the broom head will be clamped in the holder. The handle 12 is of the usual form and is adapted to fit within a collar or hub 13 formed at the center of a yoke 1 which is provided to span the holder 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The handle 12 is provided at its lower end with a tenon 15, and a coiled spring 16 is engaged at its ends around the studs 8 and the said tenon, the upper end of the spring fitting within the collar or hub 13, as clearly shown in Fig.2. The spring serves to exert tension upon the broom while it is in use so that it will not be easilyshifted within the yoke to assume an inoperative position or a position in which it cannot be conveniently used. The holder is retained within the yoke by having studs 17 upon the ends of the holder engaged in openings or slots 18 in the sides of the yoke adjacent the ends thereof, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3, and to prevent release of the holder from the yoke the studs are formed with lips on their under sides at their free ends which engage the outer sides of the yoke after the studs pass through the openings. The holder fits closely at its ends within the sides of the yoke and the yoke is preferably so constructed as to have sufficient resiliency to permit its ends to ride over and engage with the studs 17 so that the parts may be easily assembled.

The broom is used in the usual manner and, when the exposed end has been worn so short that the broom is no longer serviceable, the set nut 11 is loosened, whereupon the broom may be easily drawn out from the holder. The retaining member 5 is then removed and the broom reversed end for end and returned'to the holder so that the used end will be housed within the holder and the unused end exposed for use. The nut 11 is, of course, turned home as before and the broom is then ready for use without any further adjustment.

My improved broom is exceedingly simple in the construction and arrangement of its arts and will be found very advantageous or housewies as it permits the use of that part of a broom which heretofore has been a complete loss and doubles the life of the broom. I

It will be understood, of course, that a broom head of standard length may be secured in the holder and discarded when worn out so that a single handle may serve for a large number of broom heads, thereby promoting economy.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. In a broom, the combination of a holder, a broom head renlovably secured within the holder, a yoke spanning the -holder and engaged therewith to support eneasing holder provided at its ends with lugs, a broom head receivable within the holder, means for securing the broom head in the holder, a yoke bridging the holder and provided adjacent its ends with openings to receive the lugs on the holder, and a resilient connection between the top of the yoke and the top of the holder.

3. In a broom, the combination of a holder, a broom head removably secured within.the holder,,a yoke bridging the holder and engaged therewith whereby to carry the holder, a stud on the upper side of the holder, a collar at the center of the yoke alined. with said stud, a handle titted in the collar and having); a tcnon within the collar, and a coiled spring l'itted at one end about the stud on the holder and having its other end fitted within the collar and about the tenon on the end of the handle.

In testimony whereof I a'ltix my signature.

ARTHUR F. ELKINS. [n s.] 

